Jersey vs Samoa: Number of people living in urban and rural areas
Jersey
35,910 people
in 2025
Samoa
38,393 people
in 2025
Jersey rank
210th
Samoa rank
207th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas over time
- Jersey
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 38,393 people against 35,910 people in Jersey, a difference of 2,483 people.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Jersey's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Jersey ahead.
Jersey ranks 210th and Samoa ranks 207th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Jersey averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jersey | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 26,323 people | 16,674 people | 9,650 people | Jersey |
| 1960s | 27,228 people | 24,349 people | 2,879 people | Jersey |
| 1970s | 26,235 people | 31,761 people | 5,526 people | Samoa |
| 1980s | 26,960 people | 34,786 people | 7,826 people | Samoa |
| 1990s | 28,111 people | 37,412 people | 9,301 people | Samoa |
| 2000s | 30,430 people | 39,650 people | 9,219 people | Samoa |
| 2010s | 34,638 people | 38,601 people | 3,963 people | Samoa |
| 2020s | 35,876 people | 37,993 people | 2,117 people | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, Jersey or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 38,393 people against 35,910 people in Jersey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas between Jersey and Samoa?
- 2,483 people, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jersey and Samoa?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Jersey and Samoa rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas?
- Jersey ranks 210th and Samoa ranks 207th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.